Posts Tagged ‘neurology’

Music Impacts the Auditory Pathway and Brain Development How Income & Music Influence Brain Development USC’s Brain and Creativity Institute Music’s Influence Social & Emotional Development Music’s Ability to Cause… read more →

The field of neuroscience is a remarkably attractive and rapidly advancing field, however many underlying details of brain function remain poorly understood. In 2013, a drive to unravel the remaining… read more →

In a clinical trial, backed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a multi-institutional team of hearing and communication experts led by the USC Keck School of Medicine, in association… read more →

New findings suggest the root of autism lies in an overabundance of brain connections, known as synapses. Normal functioning brains disconnect unnecessary synapses after infancy while autistic brains leave a… read more →

Although ALS has been receiving a lot of attention thanks to the Ice Bucket Challenge, few are truly informed about the effects of this devastating motor neuron disease. Amyotrophic Lateral… read more →

In a finding that could forever change how the disorder is treated, psychiatrists have identified over 100 sites on the human genome associated with a risk of developing schizophrenia. Researchers… read more →

The Defense Department is funding neurology research to see if “neuroprosthetics” implanted in the brain can heal damaged memory. Randy Rieland; July 16, 2014 / smithsonian.com Despite major breakthroughs in… read more →